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Nipedley:
So the problem with the laptop is the power jack? They go all the time in older laptops, due to the wiggling in/out of power cables it breaks the solder off from the jack on the motherboard. A fairly easy fix, definitely doable if you've managed cap kits, I had to do it for my old laptop.

Glad you managed to get your files off, I find it odd that windows protected the folders I wasn't aware XP was capable of that, guess theres still a few features MS manages to keep hidden after all these years :)

RayB:
Nipedly, it's worse than that. The defective power jack must at some point have caused some "arcing" damaging other parts. Sound will not play without stuttering. We've been through 2 batteries. Neither will hold a charge longer than a few minutes. I've repaired the jack two or three times, only to have it fail again. At this point it needs a mobo replacement and battery. Not worth it for a 4 year old laptop.

protokatie:
When you "toss" this old laptop, use a sledgehammer or some other creative tools to destroy it. Video it, and post it here for us to watch. I need more destructive entertainment in my life.

Nipedley:
Ah fair enough, the same thing happened to that laptop's sister. The power jack arced and the power regulation IC caught fire/melted. I managed to solder on a replacement, it would spin up the cpu fan but never load the BIOS and the battery's circuit must have been shorted out too as that never worked again either :(

ahofle:

--- Quote from: protokatie on September 14, 2009, 08:07:51 pm ---When you "toss" this old laptop, use a sledgehammer or some other creative tools to destroy it. Video it, and post it here for us to watch. I need more destructive entertainment in my life.

--- End quote ---

This should help:
http://www.thenetworkadministrator.com/breakingComputer.htm

 ;D

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